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PHIL101 Discussion Question 2

Overview

Help me study for my Philosophy class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

A)Why does Nagel claim that it is difficult to explain our mental states by the brain states we have at that time? 

B) Why would determinists deny that you could have done something different than what you actually did? 

Readings

Nagel, “Other Minds,” pp.19-26

Nagel, “The Mind-Body Problem,” pp. 27-37

Nagel, “Free Will,” pp. 47-58

What Does It All Mean, Thomas Nagel, 87, Oxford Publishing